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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	DS554.83.P4 A3 2008		AVAILABLE

Author	Pa, Chileng, 1950-2005.
Title	Escaping the Khmer Rouge : a Cambodian memoir / Chileng Pa ; with Carol Mortland.
OCLC	173241116
ISBN	9780786436729 (softcover : alk. paper)
	0786436727 (softcover : alk. paper)
Publisher	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]
	�2008
Description	ix, 230 pages : map ; 23 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Pa, Chileng, 1950-2005.
	Political refugees -- Cambodia -- Biography.
	Political refugees -- United States -- Biography.
	Political atrocities -- Cambodia.
	Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979.
Summary	"Chileng Pa vividly recalls life under the Cambodian Communists. In April of 1977, Chileng was forced to watch as Communist guerillas brutally murdered his wife and two-year-old son. With nothing left for him in Prayap Chileng fled to Vietnam. In 1980, Chileng and his new family found their way to America"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index.
Contents	My good life -- Love at first sight -- Becoming an adult in a country at war -- Serendipity and separation -- Hope and heartbreak -- "Liberation" -- Bamboo grave -- A poem for grandmother -- Witness to death -- The worst night of all -- A fearful escape to Vietnam -- A new life in Cambodia, Thailand, and America -- An interruption to this story.

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